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Reuters5d
Japan to release more rice from stockpiles to tackle shortage and rein in prices
High prices have seen more Japanese restaurants and consumers - famously finicky about the quality of rice - embracing foreign brands, which are now much cheaper than domestic varieties even ...
Japan Today27d
Japan mulls expanding imports of tariff-free U.S. rice
Seriously, if the rice situation in Japan was normal, then the public (and particularly ... last year local supermarket had US made rice/I think Calrose or some brand like that/like 2900JPY ...
The Washington Post25d
Soaring prices, empty shelves as Japan’s rice crisis worsens
TOKYO — Rice is a staple in Japanese culture and cuisine, so much so that the word for “meal” is synonymous with “cooked rice.” But demand for the grain is rapidly outstripping supply ...
First on CNN: Dangerously high levels of arsenic and cadmium found in store-bought rice, report finds
One in four rice samples from more than 100 different store brands contained dangerous levels of arsenic, a new investigation ...
The New York Times26d
Once Shunned by Japanese Consumers, Korean Rice Now Flies Off the Shelves
Faced with shortages and rising prices for domestic rice, many Japanese are doing what was once unthinkable — buying a foreign variety. By John Yoon and Hisako Ueno John Yoon reported from a ...